The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-06

c. will enter into q traffic agreement, through
which passenger and freight route between
Peoria and Cincinnati via Lafayette Will De es-
tabiished and through coaches run. onder
such an arrangements the c., L. ST. Il. % z.
would get longer haul on the business oy sixty
four miles than when working with the j., d.
81 w.
The local and district passenger agents last
evening held a meeting to take the preliminary
steps to organize a CLUB. Committees were ap-
pointed to rent a room and furnish 1t, and to
draft a constitution and bylaws FOR the govern
ment of the association. Eighty OF the passen-
ger men have signed the roll OF membership.
The local freight association has instructed
its secretary to post this notice In the several
freight depots with he names OF the offending
ties wrongfuily describe their shipping tick
the class of goods shipped by them. Having
called their attention to this lrreeularity with
out effect, respectfully request You 20 have all
shipments n ade by them carefully examined
add properly billed"
The president Of the Chicago & Eastern lii
nois road when asked whafwas to be done With
600, 900 first mortgage bonds now being placed
said that after funding and retiring bonds OF the
road now outstanding. the balance of the money
will be expended in extensions OF the road and
the purchase of roads ALREADY built He init
mated that the Evansville & Terre Haute road
was ono of the lines they expected to secure.
E. ". Smith, treasurer of the Detroit q Eel
lines, is sending out dividend notices, checks
and circulars. giving terms of the lease to the
Wabash stockholders Hereafter, dividends
will be paid April and Oct. 5, st the rate Of 2
per cent. for five years, from April l. 1887; q
per cent. for three years, from April. 1892, and
per cent. perpetually after April l. 1893. the
dividend is be paid on 90. 900. COO stock In
addition. $500 is to be paid annually for the
poration expenses OF the Eel River Railroad
Company
A new point in damage suits against railroads
has been raised in the action brought IN Fort
Wayne by the widow Of Ed Brush against the
Pennsylvania Company, operating the Pitts
burg, Fort Wayne & Chicago railway. While
Brush was running along between two cars OF q
moving freight train. in order to draw pin, hts
foot caught q splintered tie and he was
thrown down and m anRled by the wheels. The
point sought to be established ia that the rail-
way company is guilty of gross negligence IN
permitting the use of the defective tie in g man
ner DANGEROUS 20 the employees. Ten thousand
dollars damages are wanted.
While the ticket-scalpers at Indianapolis state
that they have not suffered in their business
through the workings of the interstate law, such
has not been the case at other Western railroad
centers The law has caused so much trouble
that the ranks have been reduced 80 per cent.
by the retiring from business. The trouble has
been largely in the mileage tickets; the new
form has not been beneficial as the scalpers
had anticipated Travellers who are willing to
ride OF a ticket bearing another mans name are
not so anxious to pay ont the full price for q
ticket TO draw the rebate at their destination on
the small margin which the scalper now gets.